SuperMassive Games, best known for  Until Dawn, teamed up with publisher Bandai Namco last year and announced a new anthology of titles that would be in that same "interactive drama horror" genre. The full anthology is referred to as "The Dark Pictures Anthology" and the first of these, Man of Medan, is slated for a release at the end of August, and it was recently revealed that the game will feature two different co-op modes to enjoy with friends.

Koji Igarashi himself has returned from atop his otherworldly spire to bless us, the pitiful gaming rabble, with a brand new "Igavania" title.  Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been hotly anticipated since its massive Kickstarter run back in 2015, and while companion title Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon satiated that hunger for a time, it was still considered an (extremely competent) appetizer.

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... remember seven years ago when Sega said they'd bring their action-RPG MMO Phantasy Star Online 2 to the U.S.? Well, guess what?! They were telling the truth! ... Eventually! Amid all the other news coming out last week during E3 2019, the one bit that was perhaps the most surprising was that this F2P game would be making its way to the Xbox One and Windows 10 sometime "Spring 2020."

With all of the excitement of E3 and the thrills brought on by Project Scarlett, Microsoft’s next generation gaming platform, there was some bittersweet news as well. Microsoft announced the next batch of games that are now available via Xbox’s Backward Compatibility program will be the last. The team over at Xbox is now looking forward to the future of the platform with Scarlett, and in turn will be looking at how to help gamers' libraries stay with them moving forward, which means no more games coming to the Backwards Compatibility program from now on.

About a year and a half ago, we heard that Asmodee Digital was working on bringing Fantasy Flight's The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game to PC and Mac sometime in 2018. It was delayed a bit, and has a new name, but The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game will be arriving soon on PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch this August!

Bethesda released a hell of a trailer for Wolfenstein: Youngblood at E3 2019 this year. The first from the ground up co-op Wolfenstein puts players in the roles of BJ Blazkowicz's daughters as they attempt to rescue him in an alternate history 1980s Paris. 

It's been almost three years since the news broke that Wasteland 3 from iNXile Entertainment would feature cooperative gameplay, a first for the series. Now we're getting our first glimpse at the strategy RPG game in action and...it looks fantastic.

What is best in life? Well, Nick and Jason decided to see for themselves in Conan Unconquered. This survival RTS from Petroglyph (ex-Westwood devs and the team responsible for the 8-Bit series and Grey Goo) puts players in a slightly different role than most other games in this genre. Rather than building up a base and a massive force to roll over your opponent, you're trying to build up defenses to prevent being overwhelmed by the approaching hordes.

We had a chance to dip our toes into Outward, an open-world survival RPG from the Canadian developer Nine Dots Studio. It is an impressive feat from a small team who has created a charming and atmospheric game that feels wildly unique.

I stood on a mountain, my partner beside me, looking out across the land. I had just escaped a narrow death at the hands (paws?) of large dog-like foes and the only thought I had was “Well, now what?” This was not the first time and it would not be the last as Outward drops the player into a game world, shrugs its shoulders, and leaves ...

Crackdown 3 may not have lived up to the expectations set by its predecessors, but still was a solid entry for the series in my opinion. While it wasn't the groundbreaking technological marvel originally promised, it was an extremely polished and satisfying game based on the formula set out by Crackdown 1 and 2. Today the team at Microsoft have announced the "Extra Edition" update.

Seven years after the original release of Sniper Elite V2, Rebellion has just unleashed Sniper Elite V2 Remastered on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC. With Sniper Elite III and 4 having already improved on the original formula in multiple ways, does the world need a better-looking version of V2? Maybe not, but V2 Remastered still offers ple...

There's only a week until Conan Unconquered is released on PC, and I'm already starting to feel the effects.  The yard around my office has become more wretched and desolate, neighborhood dogs have taken to snarling at me, and someone's been replacing all my clothing with loincloths.